| VERB | contact | sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out |
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| motion | sprawl, straggle | go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way | |
| NOUN | location | sprawl, conurbation, urban sprawl | an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities |
| attribute | sprawl, sprawling | an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about |
| Sounds | sprao'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. | |
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| Synonyms | conurbation, urban sprawl | |
| Instances | Luda, Luta | An industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula |
| Narrower | subtopia | monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings |
| Broader | urban area, populated area | A geographical area constituting a city or town |
| Spanish | conurbación, conurbano, extensión, extensión urbana | |
| Catalan | conurbació | |
| Meaning | An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sprawling | |
| Broader | position, posture, attitude | The arrangement of the body and its limbs |
| Catalan | posat desmanegat, positura desmanegada, postura desmanegada, sprawl | |
| Adjectives | sprawly | spread out irregularly |
| Verbs | sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out |
| Meaning | Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children sprawl in the rocking chair; There sprawl some children in the rocking chair | |
| Narrower | spread-eagle | Stand with arms and legs spread out |
| Broader | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
| sit, sit down | Be seated | |
| Spanish | repanchigarse, repantigarse | |
| Catalan | arrepapar-se, escarxofar-se, repapar-se | |
| Nouns | sprawl, sprawling | an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about |
| sprawler | a person who sprawls | |
| Meaning | Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | straggle | |
| Broader | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
| Spanish | arrellanarse, expandirse, extenderse | |
| Catalan | aclofar-se, arrepapar-se, estendre's, expandir-se | |
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